Middle Arabic and Mixed Arabic: Diachrony and Synchrony

Fecha: 22 - 25 de octubre de 2007

Lugar de realización: Netherlands, Amsterdam (PC.Hoofthuis, Spuistraat 134, NL-1012 VB Amsterdam, The Netherlands) .

Organiza: University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies


Middle Arabic and Mixed Arabic: Diachrony and Synchrony International Conference Amsterdam, 22-25 October 2007 Hosted by the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Theme The structural differences between spoken and written varieties in the Arabic language, which has been a permanent reality throughout its history, resulted in the creation and development of intermediate and mixed varieties which were written and probably spoken as well. These are commonly called « Middle Arabic » varieties. After the publication of some pioneering research in that field, Middle Arabic has been established as a new scientific branch in its own right by Prof. J. Blau’s works. Although research on Middle Arabic is of vital importance to the reconstruction of the history of the Arabic language, its value has not been sufficiently recognized, as becomes clear from the limited dispersion of the work in the field and the absence of an overview on the research. This colloquium aims firstly to review the current state of knowledge of Middle Arabic, taking into account its historical and geographical context, and secondly to debatee the different methods of analysis, and the problems of definition and terminology which are always present in this field of research. Keynote speakers: Yoshua Blau, Humphry Davis and Madiha Doss


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